Not sure what the situation is regarding the huge billowing mass of forest fire smoke that's been coming down into Southern Ontario for the past few days. Apparently, some winds were supposed to give us some respite from the smaze before returning tonight. Well, so far, I've got the window open but I haven't exactly been coughing up my lungs yet, so maybe this is a good development.
Anyways, I have another song by Tokimeki Records. Up to now, I've collected a small group of their songs which have been covers of some of the City Pop classics. But this time, the unit has come up with an original tune "Tsuki wa Mirror Ball" (Under the Mirror Moon) which came out in June. Still, as usual, a featured female vocalist is on the mike and her name is Mai Zaitsu（財津マイ）. I couldn't find out anything at all about her although she's been depicted as an anime character thus far in Yahoo Images. Her voice is nice and smoky alongside the Neo-City Pop showing some of that nocturnal bouncy rhythm (maybe good for the car stereo). The only other question that I have about the singer is whether she is a relative of Tulip singer-songwriter Kazuo Zaitsu（財津和夫）.
In the arrangement and instrument choice, it is very delightful. But, the song title makes me think of either Fushigi Yuugi or Sailor moon.
ReplyDeleteMai Zaitsu (財津マイ) is a fictional animated persona and “singer” also
ReplyDeleteIndividual feature as a label mate on Namy& Records. She is actually the singer-songwriter KiBi of duo Sucola who wrote and sings all the songs as Mai Zaitsu (財津マイ). The Tokimeki Records album 黄昏なブルー -Twilight Blue-（feat. 財津マイ）and all the singles leading up to it are about story about Mai Zaitsu (財津マイ) as the protagonist in the songs.
Thank you very kindly for the clarification on who Mai is. I was wondering about her.
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